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Sūtra of Eight Khulils: Analyzing One Manuscript from Aldan-Maadyr National Museum of Tuva
Oriental Studies, 2021 The article aims to introduce a manuscript of the “Sūtra of Eight Khulils” in Mongolian, part of the collection in Aldan-Maadyr National Museum of the Tuva Republic. The idea of eight khulils, or eight trigrams, which symbolize eight great elements (fire,
Saglara V. Mirzaeva
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Almost a proper Buddhist : the post-secular complexity of heritage Buddhist teen identity in Britain [PDF]
, 2014 This qualitative study explores how Buddhist affiliation relates to practice, how Buddhist teens define and experience their religious identity and which sociological paradigms are helpful in understanding the dynamics of Buddhist teen identity.
Thanissaro, Phra Nicholas +1 more
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Merit-Making Through Printing, Distributing and Reading Buddhist Canon in the Late Ming Dynasty
ReligionsIn the Chinese Buddhist tradition, copying and printing sacred texts is considered a form of merit-making, or virtuous activity. One reason for the printing and circulation of books in the Buddhist tradition is the belief that one can gain merits.
Darui Long
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Texts and Ritual: Buddhist Scriptural Tradition of the Stūpa Cult and the Transformation of Stūpa Burial in the Chinese Buddhist Canon [PDF]
, 2023 Chinese translations of Buddhist sūtras and Chinese Buddhist literature demonstrate how stūpas became acknowledged in medieval China and how clerics and laypeople perceived and worshiped them.
Sun, Wen
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The Chinese Equivalent and Transition of Gatha in the Chinese Buddhist Canon
JOURNAL OF INDIAN AND BUDDHIST STUDIES (INDOGAKU BUKKYOGAKU KENKYU), 2005 An Shigao of the Parthian Empire arrived at Luoyang in the Late Han Dynasty, and initiated translation of Buddhist texts into Chinese. Because he was a first translator, he experienced various difficulties with respect to selection of appropriate vocabulary and idiom.
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Estudios de TraducciónAt first, Chinese translators lacked a unified criterion for interpreting Buddhist scriptures. They employed various phonetic transliterations and gradually adopted etymological approaches as their understanding developed.
Efraín Villamor Herrero
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Religions, 2022 From the Tang era (618–907) to the present day, controversy over the translation and authenticity of the Chinese version of the Śūraṃgama-sūtra, which appeared at the end of the early Tang, has been ongoing. The scholar-official Fang Rong (d.
Jinhua Jia
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International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Wooden dentures represent a distinctive form of dental technology uniquely developed in Japan that is no longer in clinical use. Although Edo‐period (1603–1867) wooden dentures are presumed to have achieved sufficient precision, their morphological fit has not been quantitatively evaluated.
Kie Yoshida +3 more
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Buddhist Philosophy and the Ideals of Environmentalism [PDF]
, 2010 I examine the consistency between contemporary environmentalist ideals and Buddhist philosophy, focusing, first, on the problem of value in nature.
SCIBERRAS, COLETTE
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ReligionsInheriting a tradition of religious tolerance from the Inner Asian Steppe, the Mongol Yuan Empire elevated Buddhism to a pivotal role in unifying its multiethnic and culturally diverse domain, with Tengriist ideology serving as the political foundation ...
Xiaobai Li
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